GOLF NEWS & NOTES: STEVE JONES INKS WITH COLUMBIA

PGA Tour golfer Steve Jones has signed a three-year
endorsement contract with Columbia Sportswear. Beginning
this month, Jones will exclusively wear Columbia sportswear
and rainwear on the PGA Tour and in other pro golf
tournaments through the year 2000 (Columbia).
DEAL: MA-based Trend-Lines Inc., which operates Golf
Day retail stores, "has agreed to buy the assets of 13
Nevada Bob's golf stores in New England," according to Chris
Reidy of the BOSTON GLOBE. Trend-Lines, which will pay
$5.5M to the investors of the Nevada Bob franchises, "plans
to convert those stores into its Golf Day stores, though
there may be one or two store closings" (BOSTON GLOBE, 1/8).
NO TEE TIME FOR PEARL JAM? Ticketmaster Golf, a joint
venture of Ticketmaster and Golden Bear Golf, announced
agreements with the Premier Golf Group to provide advanced
tee-time sales starting in February for 20 golf courses
located in the Myrtle Beach, SC, area (Golden Bear).